Instagram story viewer> @joegattnet> Posts

Joe Gatt

@joegattnet

777

followers

3417

following

koeditur: @aphroconfuso

POSTS STORIES REELS TAGGED

Download All

Il-Ġimgħa li għaddiet, Qarn rebaħ il-Premju Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb fil-kategorija Letteratura mhux Fittizja. 🏆

Inħossni kuntent ħafna li dan il-ktieb intgħoġob. Dan ix-xifajk jidher li ntlaqat u ntlaqa’.

Mingħajr Loranne u Joe, Aphroconfuso, il-kamra ta’ tfuliti, u dawk il-kreaturi u l-iskerzi tan-natura kollha, żgur li ma kienx jinkiteb. Għalhekk grazzi kbira — napprezza ħafna. ❤️👹

Hawn ftit ritratti mit-tnedija ta’ Qarn ġewwa Rosa Kwir, fejn jien u @aphroconfuso kkollaborajna ma’ @an.intimate.affair u għamilna ikla u performance ċkejkna biex niċċelebraw il-ktieb.

Grazzi @nationalbookcouncil_malta

Ritratti tat-tnedija meħudin minn Elisa Von Brockdorff @elisa_von_bee . by @joegattnet

306

48

10 days ago

Really looking forward to moderating this event on Thursday 27th August at Vincentʼs Eco Farm. I'll be joined by four wonderful poets @batool_abu_akleen @claire_lajus @hamedabboud & Rosaria Lo Russo. There will also be music by @stjanu & @monsigneur

@inizjamed #fmlm2026 by @joegattnet

28

0

2 months ago

Love, lust, adulthood and an ancient Fiat in one long hot Maltese summer.

School’s out for summer, and for our unnamed narrator, that means three months away from his physics high school students to tinker with his ancient Fiat 131 and fret about his all-consuming obsession: Sarah, a tempestuous artist he met online. They sleep together, they text obsessively, but as July’s barbecues and boat trips segue into August’s festi, their intimate moments always reset into platonic disappointment, and she increasingly ghosts him in favour of an ever-changing group of new besties.
A sensation on its home island, this book gives poignant voice to a regular guy in his early thirties, trying to get a grip on love, life and growing up, and it paints a high-octane portrait of what it means to live in the hedonistic, overcrowded, workaholic, claustrophobic, contradictory mind-blast that is Malta.

________________________________________________________

“The only novel an author has to write before they can retire for the rest of their lives. It captures the spirit of the times.” MARK VELLA

“Falzon’s novel captures the millennial and Gen Z experience against the backdrop of a scorching Maltese summer. Vintage cars, excessive drinking and moral ambiguity frame the story.” THE TIMES OF MALTA

“From the very first page, it puts you in the passenger seat and drives you at breakneck speed through every street, bypass and flyover on the island as it is today.” LORANNE VELLA

________________________________

YOU KNOW THE SUN BOTHERS ME was shortlisted for the 2023 National Book Prize and the author won Malta’s National Book Prize for Best emerging Author in 2024. It is the winner of a PEN Translates award.

Available now from Bookshops and from our website (link in bio)

#bookluanch #malteseliterature #ryanfalzon #translatedbooks #mediterranean #maltesefiction #joegatt #foundryeditions taken in Malta, Europe by @joegattnet

219

9

4 months ago

Published two weeks today, these gorgeous finished copies have just landed at the Inpress office, and we’re already dreaming of a hot Maltese summer.

You Know The Sun Bothers Me by @ryanfalzonreads, translated by @joegattnet, was a sensation in Malta, where it became the bestselling Maltese-language novel of the century and was hailed as the voice of a generation.

Set over one long, sun-soaked summer of boat trips, barbecues and village festas, it follows a teacher spending his break restoring an ageing Fiat while trying to make sense of his all-consuming obsession with Sarah, an artist who never seems quite within reach.

Funny, poignant and sharply observed, this is a novel about love, longing and the uncertainty of adulthood, all set against a vivid portrait of contemporary Malta. It feels like the perfect summer read - what’s not to love?!

Publishing 16th June from @foundryeditions, keep your eyes open in a bookshop near you! taken in North East UK by @joegattnet

144

4

4 months ago

Revealing the cover of our upcoming title, our first from Malta, YOU KNOW THE SUN BOTHERS ME by Ryan Falzon, and translated from Maltese by Joe Gatt.

The bestselling Maltese language book this century, this book has become a sensation on its home island. YOU KNOW THE SUN BOTHERS ME gives poignant voice to a regular guy in his early thirties, trying to get a grip on love, life and growing up. It paints a high-octane portrait of what it means to live in the hedonistic, overcrowded, workaholic, claustrophobic, contradictory mind-blast that is Malta. It was shortlisted for the 2023 National Book Prize and the author won Malta’s National Book Prize for Best Emerging Author in 2024. It is also the winner of a PEN Translates award.

______________________________________

Love, lust, adulthood and an ancient Fiat in one long hot Maltese summer

School’s out for summer, and for our unnamed narrator, that means three months away from his physics high school students to tinker with his ancient Fiat 131 and fret about his all-consuming obsession: Sarah, a tempestuous artist he met online. They sleep together, they text obsessively, but as July’s barbecues and boat trips segue into August’s festi, their intimate moments always reset into platonic disappointment, and she increasingly ghosts him in favour of an ever-changing group of new besties.

A contemporary, universal generational story that goes far beyond linguistic or translated curiosity, YOU KNOW THE SUN BOTHERS ME is the “voice of the Maltese millennial generation” and a rarity in being a Maltese language book published in English.

YOU KNOW THE SUN BOTHERS ME will be available in bookshops from the 16th of June 2026, and is available to pre-order from our website (link in bio).

#malteseliterature #malteseculture #readingaroundtheworld #joegatt #ryanfalzon #foundryeditions taken in Malta, Europe by @joegattnet

354

21

4 months ago

My translation of Glorianne Micallefʼs “Sottomissjoni” appears from today in Asymptoteʼs Summer 2025 edition.

“Sottomissjoni” first appeared in Aphroconfuso in July 2024.

@gloriashmorya

@aphroconfuso

@asymptotejrnl by @joegattnet

18

1

a year ago

l-eks qattusa, ufo by @joegattnet

11

0

a year ago

🌺 💣 ⛪ 💥 🔕 taken in Ħaz-Zebbug, Malta by @joegattnet

16

0

2 years ago

il-biċċerija taken in public abattoir by @joegattnet

11

0

2 years ago

by @joegattnet

14

0

2 years ago

by @joegattnet

9

1

2 years ago

by @joegattnet

6

0

2 years ago